Position: Clinical Lead for Coronary Intervention & Director of the Cardiac Catheter LaboratoriesProfessor of Cardiology
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne UK

Professor Azfar Zaman is the Clinical Lead for Coronary Intervention and Director of the Cardiac Catheter Laboratories. In 2012, Professor Zaman was appointed Specialty Group Lead for Cardiovascular Research and was awarded Honorary Professor of Cardiology by Newcastle University in 2013.

Following graduation at Leeds Medical School, Professor Zaman completed postgraduate training in cardiology at regional centres in Leeds, London and Cardiff. He was a Fulbright Scholar and British Heart Foundation International Fellow in 1998 to study vascular biology at Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York.

Professor Zaman has an interest in clinical research with a particular interest in atherothrombosis in diabetes and clinical trials.